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1983 In France
Events from the year 1983 in France. Incumbents * President: François Mitterrand * Prime Minister: Pierre Mauroy Events *19 January – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. *February – Launch of the Pininfarina styled modern supermini hatchback, the Peugeot 205, which will be produced alongside the 104, though its predecessor is set to be withdrawn from most export markets by the end of the year once the 205 is on sale in all key markets. The 205 is initially sold as a five-door hatchback, but will be joined by a three-door version and a high performance GTI next year. *6 February – Klaus Barbie is officially charged with war crimes. *24 February – The Peugeot 205 supermini is officially launched with a range of hatchbacks and convertibles. *6 March – Municipal Elections held. *13 March – Municipal Elections held. *23 September – Violence erupts in New Caledonia between native Kanaks and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 6 – Pope John Paul II appoints a bishop over the Czechoslovak exile community, which the '' Rudé právo'' newspaper calls a "provocation." This begins a year-long disagreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Vatican, leading to the eventual restoration of diplomatic relations between the two states. * January 14 – The head of Bangladesh's military dictatorship, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state." * January 18 – U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on Native American reservations on "the failures of socialism." Watt will eventually resign in September after a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France, and is enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines (New Caledonia), Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre , a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. Kanak people#Agitation for independence, Pro-independence Kanak parties use the name (''pron.'' ) to refer to New Caledonia, a term coined in the 1980s from the ethnic name of the indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Falzon
Stéphanie Falzon (born 7 January 1983 in Bordeaux, France) is a female hammer thrower from France. She competed in major international competitions such as the Olympic Games, the World Championships, and the European Championships. Her personal best is 73.40 metres, which she achieved at the French Athletics Championships on 26 July 2008 in Albi and in June 2010 in Montreuil-sous-Bois Montreuil (), also known unofficially as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and in the Mét .... Results in international competitions Note: Only the position and distance in the final are indicated, unless otherwise stated. If the athlete did not qualify for the final, the overall position and distance in the qualification round are indicated. References *Stéphanie Falzon at sports-reference 1983 births Living people French female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Pichot
Alexandre Pichot (born 6 January 1983) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2019, entirely for the team and its later iterations. Major results ;2003 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Guadeloupe : 1st Stage 3 Circuit des Ardennes ;2004 : 7th La Roue Tourangelle : 7th La Côte Picarde ;2005 : 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem : 4th La Côte Picarde : 7th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton : 7th Classic Loire Atlantique ;2006 : 10th Overall Tour de Picardie : 10th Grand Prix de Rennes ;2007 : 8th Overall Tour of Qatar ::1st Young rider classification ;2008 : 5th Paris–Camembert : 6th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2009 : 3rd Cholet-Pays de Loire ;2010 : 7th Overall Tour de Picardie : 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne ;2012 : 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 8th E3 Harelbeke : 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ;2013 : 6th Tour de la Somme : 7th Tour du Doubs ;2014 : 9th Trofeo Muro–Port d'Alcúdia ;2017 : 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo ;2018 : 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renault 30
30 may refer to: *30 (number), the natural number following 29 and preceding 31 *one of the years 30 BC, AD 30, 1930, 2030 Science * Zinc, a transition metal in the periodic table * 30 Urania, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Music * ''30'' (Harry Connick Jr. album), 2001 * ''30'' (album), by Adele, 2021 * ''30'' (Sungjin album), 2024 *''30'', a 1997 album by Laurent Garnier *''30'', a 2004 album by James Yorkston *''30'', a 2006 album by Jerusalem, also called ''Tretti'' *''30'', a 2014 compilation album by Modern Talking *''30'', a 2016 album by Trio da Paz *"Thirty", a 2019 album by Strings *"Thirty", a song by Karma to Burn from the album '' Wild, Wonderful Purgatory'', 1999 *"30", a 2021 song by Bo Burnham from the special '' Bo Burnham: Inside'' *"30", a 2021 song by Pop Smoke from the album ''Faith'' Other uses *" -30-", traditionally used by journalists in North America to indicate the end of a story * ''-30-'' (film), 1959, also released as ''Deadline Midnight' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renault 20
The Renault 20 ''(R20)'' and Renault 30 ''(R30)'' are two executive cars produced by the French automaker Renault between 1975 and 1984. The most upmarket and expensive Renaults of their time, the two cars were almost identical with regard to sheet metal and mechanicals; the R30 was the larger-engined and more expensive of the two. The two cars were easily distinguished between each other from their differing headlight configuration – the Renault 20 had two single rectangular headlights, whereas the Renault 30 had quadruple round headlights. The interior specifications differed substantially, however, with the Renault 30 having a higher specification in all models. Over 622,000 R20s and 145,000 R30s were produced in Sandouville near Le Havre, France. The 20 variant won 1978 ''What Car?'' "Car of the Year". The Renault 30 variant had a reputation for heavy depreciation. ''Motorists Guide'' reported the cost of a brand new 30 TX Automatic as £11,950 in May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beirut
Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the List of largest cities in the Arab world, sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. Beirut has been inhabited for more than 5,000 years, making it one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world. Beirut is Lebanon's seat of government and plays a central role in the Economy of Lebanon, Lebanese economy, with many banks and corporations based in the city. Beirut is an important Port of Beirut, seaport for the country and region, and rated a Global City, Beta- World City by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Beirut was severely damaged by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the six armed forces of the United States and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. The Marine Corps has been part of the United States Department of the Navy since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the United States Navy. The USMC operates installations on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world. Additionally, several of the Marines' tactical aviation squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Attack squadrons, are also embedded in Navy carrier air wings and operate from the aircraft carriers. The history of the Marine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (, , ), is the principal Army, land warfare force of France, and the largest component of the French Armed Forces; it is responsible to the Government of France, alongside the French Navy, French Air and Space Force, and the National Gendarmerie. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT), who is subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (France), Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who commands active service Army units and in turn is responsible to the President of France. CEMAT is also directly responsible to the Ministry of Armed Forces (France), Ministry of the Armed Forces for administration, preparation, and equipment. The French Army, following the French Revolution, has generally been composed of a mixed force of conscripts and professional volunteers. It is now considered a professional force, since the French Parliament suspended the Conscription in France, conscription of soldiers. Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers. Early that Sunday morning, the first suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at the building serving as a barracks for the 1st Battalion 8th Marines (Battalion Landing Team – BLT 1/8) of the 2nd Marine Division, killing 220 marines, 18 sailors and three soldiers, making this incident the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Marine Corps since the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II and the deadliest single-day death toll for the United States Armed Forces since the first day of the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. Another 128 Americans were wounded in the blast. 13 later died of their injuries, and they are counted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renault 25
The Renault 25 is an executive car produced by the France, French automotive industry, automaker Renault from 1983 to 1992. The 25 was Renault's Flagship#Automotive, flagship, the most expensive, prestigious, and largest vehicle in the company's line up. It placed second in the 1985 European Car of the Year rankings. In total, 780,976 were built from 1983 until 1992. All 25s were built in Sandouville Renault Factory, Sandouville, near Le Havre, France. Introduction Introduced at the end of 1983 for a March 1984 start of sales, the Renault 25 was a large step forward in nearly every aspect from the Renault 20/30, Renault 20 / Renault 30 range it was replacing. Its five-door liftback body was penned by designers Gaston Juchet and Robert Opron of Citroën SM fame, and the unconventional style was aimed at giving the car a notchback look in order to overcome customer preference outside France for formal sedans in the segment outside of France. The wraparound rear window was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renault 20/30
The Renault 20 ''(R20)'' and Renault 30 ''(R30)'' are two executive cars produced by the France, French automaker Renault between 1975 and 1984. The most upmarket and expensive Renaults of their time, the two cars were almost identical with regard to sheet metal and mechanicals; the R30 was the larger-engined and more expensive of the two. The two cars were easily distinguished between each other from their differing headlight configuration – the Renault 20 had two single rectangular headlights, whereas the Renault 30 had quadruple round headlights. The interior specifications differed substantially, however, with the Renault 30 having a higher specification in all models. Over 622,000 R20s and 145,000 R30s were produced in Sandouville near Le Havre, France. The 20 variant won 1978 ''What Car?'' "Car of the Year". The Renault 30 variant had a reputation for heavy depreciation. ''Motorists Guide'' reported the cost of a brand new 30 TX Automatic as £11,950 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
